COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Écoute Féminine: Analyzing Film Sound with a Feminist Ear
Creator:
Bowers, Ashleigh
Subject:
Thesis (M.A.) -- Cinema Studies
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Cinema Studies
Rights:
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Abstract:
"Within the discipline of cinema studies, film sound has been examined through a variety
of frameworks, but there is opportunity for further exploration and discussion in a feminist
context. The sonic choices made in Todd Haynes’s ['safe'] and Lynne Ramsay’s 'We Need to Talk
About Kevin' provide commentary on the contemporary representation of maternity in suburban
America. Focusing on the performance of Julianne Moore in ['safe'] and the sound design in 'We
Need to Talk About Kevin,' this thesis will analyze the sonic interventions taken in order to
expose and subvert the traditional patriarchal narrative structure of domestic melodrama. This
thesis argues that there is potential for feminist narrativization within a film’s sound track, and
moreover, that it can occur within the seemingly repressive context of linear and patriarchal
storytelling."
of frameworks, but there is opportunity for further exploration and discussion in a feminist
context. The sonic choices made in Todd Haynes’s ['safe'] and Lynne Ramsay’s 'We Need to Talk
About Kevin' provide commentary on the contemporary representation of maternity in suburban
America. Focusing on the performance of Julianne Moore in ['safe'] and the sound design in 'We
Need to Talk About Kevin,' this thesis will analyze the sonic interventions taken in order to
expose and subvert the traditional patriarchal narrative structure of domestic melodrama. This
thesis argues that there is potential for feminist narrativization within a film’s sound track, and
moreover, that it can occur within the seemingly repressive context of linear and patriarchal
storytelling."
Abstract:
Keywords: cinema studies, film sound, 'We Need to Talk About Kevin, [safe],' sound
design, vocal performance, domestic melodrama, feminist film theory
design, vocal performance, domestic melodrama, feminist film theory
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2017-08
Format:
PDF : 37 pages